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AIBU?

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AIBU/ AITB? Housewife Woes

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noWay0ut · 08/03/2022 12:22

Bit of background for context:

My husband has a great job, which he loves. He works 50-60 hours a week and earns lots of money.

I no longer work. Long story. Took a year out for health reasons and now can’t get back into the industry or income bracket I left.

Please note: I work freelance and part time. I also volunteer 3-4 days a week. And I have my own income.

AITB?

My husband does nothing around the house. No thing. I’m always surprised when he flushes the toilet for himself. If I ask him to take his cup into the Kitchen before bed or clean the sink after he has shaved he tells me “not my job”.

He throws a wobbly if I ask him to take the kitchen bin bag out to the dustbin or put his own clean pants in the drawer he is standing next to.

He tells me I lack attention to detail in my housekeeping. I tell him I am not “staff”.

He told me he finally wiped a small grubby mark off a wall at the weekend after waiting weeks to see if I’d do it.

I know. I know. I know. It all sounds so petty. There are people losing their lives and their homes in Ukraine. However- I can’t live like this for much longer.

P.S. I’m forbidden from hiring a Cleaner unless I return to working 40+ hours a week.

N.B. I have my own money. The house is perfectly clean and tidy, albeit “lived in”.

AIBU?

OP posts:
noWay0ut · 16/04/2022 14:28

I’ve been MIA with Covid. DH has been amazing. But I’ve told him things need to change. If he can do housework and cook and clean when I’m ill, he can put a glass in the dishwasher or clean the sink after a shave when I’m well. Let’s see… 🤷🏻‍♀️

OP posts:
britneyisfree · 16/04/2022 15:04

I can't see how this changes anything.

Also, just because you can't go back to earning the same doesn't mean it's worth being treated as a skiivvy. If there are no childcare concerns I can't see why you don't just get a job?

You don't even want him any more so what's the point. Hmm

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